Mac Mini Refresh!

[Kenrik]

I need a Mac Mini Server. My question is how much better will the next version be? We are getting near the refresh and If it's going to be a big update over Core 2 Duo i'll wait... if it's just going to be another core 2.. I'll buy it now.

 

[Hellhammer]

The problem is, nobody knows. Could be C2D or something else.

 

[Zaap]

Thread from 2007? 2008? 2009...

Oh, wait. It's 2011.

Sorry, I got confused with all the talk of waiting on a mini update and (!!!) C2Ds.

Maybe the next mini will be 10% thinner solving that ongoing leprechauns' lack of vertical space problem, but at least 20% more expensive. Ah yes, and internals that have 2008 calling up, wanting its stats back.

 

[r0k]

Thread from 2007? 2008? 2009...

Oh, wait. It's 2011.

Sorry, I got confused with all the talk of waiting on a mini update and (!!!) C2Ds.

Maybe the next mini will be 10% thinner solving that ongoing leprechauns' lack of vertical space problem, but at least 20% more expensive. Ah yes, and internals that have 2008 calling up, wanting its stats back.

I'll take OS X on a C2D, no wait, make that a Celeron over Win 7 on an i7. Still, you make a valid point that Mini guts tend to lag a bit. But it is the entry level machine. You don't want Apple throwing 8 cores in a $999 Mini so all the $3,000 Mac Pro users can throw a hissy fit do you?

 

[snberk103]

... You don't want Apple throwing 8 cores in a $999 Mini so all the $3,000 Mac Pro users can throw a hissy fit do you?

I'll bet we see 8 cores in a Mini in less than 4 years. For $999. And people will still complain that it's too expensive and flagging and not nearly powerful enough....




.... to run their Holodeck.

 

[Mal67]

It's funny but evertime I log on I hope to see that a new version of the mini with sb processor has been released or at least is a red hot rumour with pictures of new cases etc. But all I see is cdma iphones and ipad2s. However I wonder just how high on the radar the mini is as I haven't seen it at all at any of the retailers here outside of the Apple Store. Still heres hoping it is coming and sooner rather than later. Along with the latest processor I hope they make it slightly thicker as opposed to thinner.

 

[talmy]

Different strokes... I'd be happy if it ran slower provided they knocked the price back to the original $500.

 

[Santabean2000]

I'm hoping for a processor bump, pref to SB. And more RAM. More RAM as standard.

Flash boot would be a bonus. Massive internal storage is a non-issue as all my iTunes/iPhoto files will be external anyways.

Whatever Apple decides, I just hope it comes soon.

 

[Mal67]

Different strokes... I'd be happy if it ran slower provided they knocked the price back to the original $500.

Actually that's a good point. I wonder if they would produce a low end low cost mod and a higher end mod as well as a server model.